"Wild Hope"

long time no update.
life has take quite a turn.(i am in Malaysia now)
current album music companion through the driving,the work and the thinking:)

2007
1.Extraordinary 2.All Good Things
3. Slummin' in Paradise 4.Most of Me
5.Few Days Down (fav!) 6.Can't You Just Adore Her
7.Looking Forward 8.Wild Hope
9.Nothing You Are 10.Latest Mistake
11.Ladies Choice 12.Gardenia


All i can say about this album,it's different from her usual,
where she turns to Chantal Krevaziuk and Rachael Yamagata for input.
The band is awesome even when they played live,
eventhough i think she sound better in the album.
(you can check her msn concert for this album in youtube)
In short,a Good Car Song Sing Along.
Lyrically,a bit mature with phrases like,
"goodness is innate" "we are the season's new collection"
"pushing the blues" "hang your work up on my wall"
"Kicking up confetti leaves" "blurring all the edges"
but a mature phase where i had passed.
I do think there's more mature stuff from other artists,
but in here Mandy is just a little grown up.Still,its 'All Good Things'.

"it's a wild hope,everything will be allright"- Track 8: Wild Hope,2007

~nothing beats a good old soul seeker,well once in a while...

release....

1. Be Be Your Love
2. Letter Read
3. Worn Me Down
4. Paper Doll
5. I’ll Find A Way
6. 1963
7. Under My Skin
8. Meet Me By The Water
9. Even So
10. I Want You
11. Reason Why
12. Moments With Oliver
13. Quiet

loving the album,
~ the releaser ~

Keywords : OST Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Rachel Yamagata

Black Roses Red : Rory and Logan

This song is from the movie 'Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants', and i really love it.
So instead the usual sharing, i try making my first video taken from Gilmore Girls Season 5, based on the beginning of the relationship between Rory and Logan.
They begin as colleague in the Yale Newspaper then agreed to a "college dating" (which means they can date others too), and end just before they start the real deal.
(I'll make the 2nd part when i have the time n the song)
Oh well, if you want to know more, watch GG.hahaha...
Hope y'all enjoy watching it as much as i enjoyed making it!

Can I ask you a question please
Promise you won't laugh at me
Honestly I'm standing here

Afraid I'll be betrayed.

As twisted as it seems, I only fear love when it's in my dreams
So let in the morning light and let the darkness fade away
c/o
Can you turn my black roses red?
Can you turn my black roses red?

Drowning in my loneliness
How long must I hold my breath
So much emptiness inside I could fill the deepest sea
I reach to the sky as the moon looks on
One last year has come and gonne
It's time to let your love rain down on me

Can you turn my black roses red? (x3)
Cuz
I'm feelin like I'll blame it on love (x6)

Can you turn my black roses red? (x3)
Cuz I'm feelin like I'll blame in on love
I'm feeling like I'll blame it on love (until fades)

love,
You Jump,I Jump Jack!

Keywords :Alana Grace, Gilmore Girls, OST Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

Pirates!Arr!+Classic Rock+Pop/Blues+Earth Humble Guy

i wasn't really inspired much by music lately.
my PC is always numb without any players open and made the silence in my room very appealing and relaxed for my brain to function freely.
well,in other words..i was busy DA ing!tee-hee...absorbing arts,photography,and strangers in the chat room.
So what to update in this lovely blog of mine?
Well of course new tracks to recommend.

Jensen Ackles as Dean in Supernatural

Let's start with Classic Rock!
Supernatural influence hit me hard man.So since i love Jensen Ackles in tht show n love the fact that they use classic rock,i love it even more.
Rock becoming more complicated nowadays, but listening back to the simple hardcore guitar solo?
mesmerizing..n can never bore.

Here's few tracks tht i have spin 10 times straight woot!
1. Highway to Hell by AC/DC
2. Fell on Black by Soundgarden
3. Allright now by Free
4. Walk Away by Joe Walsh
5. Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden
6. Back in Black AC/DC

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Moving on to New Pop Rock/Blues sound by a Scottish! and very catchy!
so far the album is quite good for a laid back Sunday
lyrical wise?it will make your mind wonder off i promise tht!

Official Website here
Track : New Shoes

Woke up cold one tuesday, i'm looking tired and feeling quite sick, i felt like there was something missing in my day to day life, so i quickly opened the wardrobe, pulled out some jeans and a T-Shirt that seemed clean, topped it off with a pair of old shoes,
that were ripped around the seams, and i thought these shoes just don't suit me.

c/o Hey, I put some new shoes on, and suddenly everything is right, I said, hey, I put some new shoes on and everybody's smiling, it so inviting, Oh, short on money, but long on time, slowly strolling in the sweet sunshine, and i'm running late, and i dont need an excuse, 'cause i'm wearing my brand new shoes.

Woke up late one thursday, and i'm seeing stars as i'm rubbing my eyes, and i felt like there were two days missing, as i focused on the time, and i made my way to the kitchen, but i had to stop from the shock of what i found, a room full of all my friends all dancing round and round, and i thought hello new shoes, byebye blues. Take me wandering through these streets, where bright lights and angels meet, stone to stone they take me on, im walking till the break of dawn. Take me wondering through these streets
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what's next aye..arr!arr!haha..
Pirates of the Caribbean 3 : At World's End of course!
GUYS!!!Go get those hands on their Soundtrack!
Hans Zimmer had made his most admirable work ever in here.
I can't get enough of Track 13 : Drink Up Me Hearties!!!!!
it tightens my heart everytime i hear it and almost cried at times!Even my sister feel the same way too.huhu..here check it out

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and to close this time Music Feature, i have a little story behind it too.
Earth Humble Guy = a musician named Dave Madden-click 2 go to his page added me in myspace.Not that it is uncommon,not at all. But the fact is, his music is the first one that did captured my attention besides Arctic Monkeys.
I have a go to his page, send him a comment, and he replied back!!!
So yesterday, i found him in Youtube, so here check this humble guy if you want :)


much love & peace,
Silence Appreciator

Free To Be Yourself, Free to be Together

Farewell Gilmore Girls.
Too little too late referring to my discovery of actually liking the show.
It was fresh drama,but most importantly its about family and love of community.
I think with all the cool futuristic show we have now,GG is not one of them and yet i think its necessary for me to have a dose of humanity right close to home bound.
Well,GG Season 8 still in discussion although it may be only Gilmore Girl.
GG has a soap opera material without the cheap cheekiness.So long live GG,i hope.

2006, some of the WB and UPN shows picked out and put into a new US network CW.I'm not pro-US,but its just an info i encounter which bring me to my next fun bits.

SO The New CW (C = CBS (owner of UPN) + W = Warner Bros) had their launch party in LA with all the 69 stars up Together on stage.
Wanna see that???Here's the 1 min vid


They had Green Carpet rather than Red, cause Green is the CW color.
They had Kryptonite Drinks from Smallville Bar.
Jensen Ackles from Supernatural was silly as usual in his interview.
I love him!hahaha...and here's the few 'green stars'


more photos here

Here's The New CW TV Promo
Song : Here I Come by Fergie ( I love this song!)


Song : Everybody Wants You by Damones (rock chic rules!)


1999 WB TV Promo 'Faces of the WB'
Song : Crawl by Thisway (1999)

Faces I remember,I'll still see,And places in a memory,hold on to me I can't wait to crawl out of my shell,Promises tell me in a thousand ways, Movin on forever,Livin' life this way,And i can't wait to crawl,I can't wait at all,I can't wait to crawl,Cuz if I wait too long,How am I ever gunna reach my destination?,And now I know the time has come,It's all right here yeah,It's all so clear to me,Eyes that open slowly,It's so hard to see,I've never seen an angel,But I'm trying to believe,And I can't wait to crawl,I can't wait at all,I can't to crawl,I can't wait anymore,I can't wait anymore,I can't wait anymore

and the rest of WB Promo Video Links
i love them all,especially 2002 n 2005

2000 WB Promo The Night is Young
song : Oh,What a Night remix by Vitamin C

2002 WB Promo Who Do You Love
song : Who Do You Love remix from The Romantics 1970s

2004 WB Promo The First Decade
song : Ride by The Vines

2005 WB Promo Image Campaign
song : Keep On Rising by Bent Fabric

whoever wonder why the heck i do this all?im bored and it all came out from the GG finale effect.huhu..Plus,i love all the songs, so i thought of sharing it again.
I recall Roswell and Buffy was once my fav tv show too.
yeah,yeah im a tv freak.hahahaha...
actually,i havent sit down infront of my tv for 3 weeks now..weird.
anyway,hope u guys enjoyed it all.

Be Yourself!Be Together!
~Peace n much Love~

Keywords : Bent Fabric, Damones, Fergie, The Romantics, The Vines, Thisway, Vitamin C

Running Away by Midnight Hour

a cool sad rock song,performed in the TV Series Ghost Whisperer Season 2 Episode 9 : The Curse of the 9th by an acting band
ENJOY!

MidnightHourWebsite

Don't lie and say that it's OK
It's alright here, there's nothing more to say
So I'm running away
I'm leaving this place
Yeah, I'm running away
I'm running away

Don't tell me, I don't want to play
It's too late for you to make me stay
No, I won't stay
So I'm running away
I'm leaving this place
Yeah, I'm running away
I'm running away

And faster than you can follow me from this lonely place
And farther than you can find me, I'm leaving
Yeah I'm leaving today
And I, I'll never let you find me
I'm leaving you behind with the past
No, I won't look back
And I don't want to hear your reasons
Don't want to hear you tell me why I should stay

And try, and try to understand me
And try to understand what I say when I say I can't stay
I, I'm moving on from this place
I'm leaving and I won't quit running away

I'm running away
I'm leaving this place
Yeah, I'm running away
I'm running away

Videos Links
Ghost Whisperer Act Band

Keywords : Midnight Hour, OST Ghost Whisperer

A real artist pick : Bled White by Elliot Smith

Comic Artist : Monkey-Carmichael
18, male, Australia

Peace of Mind
song : Bled White by Elliot Smith

***this is a real creation of the artist. Visit his works here
http://monkey-carmichael.deviantart.com/

and please if you do like it & want to use it in any way,Tell HIM!
or i can do it 4u.
this is my current Fav among my fav artworks in DeviantArt for April.
i even print this one out as a poster...hahaha..
i think its cool!

I'm a color reporter
(Rose City on the 409)
But the city's been bled white
(White city on the yellow line)
And the doctor orders
(Drinking to distraction's just a waste of time)
Drinks all night to take away this curse
But it makes me feel much worse

Bled white

So I wait for the F-Train
(White city on the yellow line)
And connect through a friend of mine
(White city to a friend of mine)
To a yesterdaydream
(Yesterday a dream was just a waste of time)
'Cos I'd have to be high to track the sunset down
And paint this paling town

Bled white

So here it comes with a blank expression
'Specially for me, 'cos he knows I feel the same
'Cos happy and sad come in quick succession
I'm never going to become what you became

Don't you dare disturb me
(Don't complicate my peace of mind)
While I'm balancing my past
(Don't complicate my peace of mind)
'Cos you can't help or hurt me
(The anger, being mean was just a waste of time)
Like it already has, I may not seem quite right
But I'm not fucked, not quite

Bled white
Bled white

the song is not bad...i love the starting strings..sounded like coldplay + jason mraz.
lyrically...ok..not really my kind of hotpick..maybe cause i dont dig his voice tht much
but i do think it goes with the piece he did.
a good travel song!

driving lane...

another quick run from reality..did not bite.
although, the past few days..i have loads of mosquito bites all over..here and there!
huh..dah lama tak kena gigit nyamuk.
its just that, since last month..KL is a rain heaven.
so when i spend this week di Kuantan..its damn hot!
serious..tdur pun..berpeluh

the driving has been fun and inspiring..i have few shots i took,as a learning process..but dhuh!obviously, i had to surrender to Photoshop for enhancement.
my Sony cam..can do wonder when i never expected..but i am still exploring my cam..
lately my steady hands is off a bit..nk pegang cam still pun payah..dunno y.

well, this driving lane of mine..the open road..and my fav music..inspires.

here's a few experimental shot stock
since im a newbie..i tgh learn the technical stuff
but sometimes..photography is for fun..and sometimes fun can be art too?hehe..
my actual edited photos collection ada kt DeviantArt
(click on it under list of my sites on the right of this blog)
Tunnel Genting Sempah

Miss Echah
so im back in kl.
loads of stuff to do..not to mention ideas need work to be born.
heh.
my shopping mood dh kurang although ada la org tu..sambung menyambung shopping spree dia! hehehe..

love,
me.

Japanese Food Crave Finale

The Crave is passed.
Had a short period of 'jalan-jalan cari makanan luarbiasa'...hehe..
While i was in Wellington, Japanese Restaurants are for formal occasion gatherings.

But at home, a splurge for a once in a while eating outing with friends is good to have & i recommend that to anyone! takkan sepanjang tahun mamak, hehehe..(not that i hate mamak..i do love the lepaking at mamak thang)

Unwinding with few good friends these past few days turns out pretty cool.

I watched one of the funniest movie i really like ; "Wild Hogs".
My kind of comedy, smartly witty, with honest and loving characters, wrapped in an open road adventure geared up with cool confident attitude.

From the start of me crashing at a friend's place for a quick run from reality, I start having Japanese food cravings.

I fulfilled that at Genki Sushi. Had a marvelous taufu+chicken ( i love taufu).
But I was not BRAVE enough to try the Squid!
Bravo to k.Eera!!!
And of course Lya the Queen of it all..haha..she ate jellyfish!
While me n Is...hahaha..we cant even stand the Raw Salmon!hahahaha...

squid raw salmon

A flea market visit with a splendid weather, Malaysians around, with rows of restaurants at each sides, and crowded some more with a promo show with celebrities and games.
Sounds hectic?
Well, add up my shopping spree to that!
I love Mango.


But it doesnt just end this way, there's a hidden fate.
I met HANIM!!!! in a very outburst and totally unexpected way!hahaha..
I miss her.
And i get to kiss her Sarah! ( she's so cute!)

There's an ironic part too, they were enjoying drinks at Robert Harris.
A NEW ZEALAND finest cafe.
hehehe..

Altogether one cool pack.

Oh, since i am now watching Gilmore Girls Season 6, i realized their episode titles are very long and weird..haha..So if all the stories i told above could be an episode???
I'll put the title as "Refresh!Refresh! start with Japanese Food"

cause i am simply refreshed.
now i hope some work can be done.

thnks guyz!
HANIM miss ya!
Lya! u're a gr8 fren.Thnx for letting me crash&relax.

Love,
Life is Good.

Landed on Positivity : Scandinavia Research Encounter

I know some of my friends know about my trip plan.
It's plan for this May. Good to have a working progress plan, but i can only hope and see.
It's not really a big trip or anything, only 10 days of sightseeing and i'll be scheduled the whole time anyway. Its not like i'll be exploring each country in Scandinavia.
For those who's not familiar (i know i didn't)

Scandinavia ( North Europe) consists of countries of
1. Denmark (Copanhagen) with national language ; Danish
2. Sweden ( Stockholm) with Swedish (largest country among others)
3. Norway (Oslo) with Norweigan-a northern Germany-
4. Finland ( Helsinki ) with Finnish
5. Iceland ( Reykjavik )with Icelandic

my travel list excludes iceland...gr8! coz i hate cold places.

Among all the countries above, today I was particularly researching about Sweden.
OFFICIAL NAME : Kingdom of Sweden
( STOCKHOLM )
Photo: www.imagebank.sweden.se / Richard Ryan

Anyway, I have something to share while i was occupied with research.
I wanted to know how Islam is doing there. Like people's acceptance, government policies, just general views of the everyday Muslims there.

They have CASTLES!!! aahh! even from 11th century! Damn old & very intriguing.
Google ,'list of castle in Sweden'..voila!


( Kalmar Castle, South of Sweden)

The language..even the general greetings? Very hard to pronounce!!!
Say this ---> "Namen!" (what?!) and "Jo" (yep : its pronounce noise is like you are slurping !)
Erm, what else. Oh...they love drinking COFFEE!!! ( common i guess in Europe )
Monarchy with Lutherans as major religion.
The lights there is unique so its a good place for photographers.
Living Moose.hehehe...
The landscapes?amazing!

After browsing the obvious, I look more about Islam there in Sweden.
And i found it normal, that many accepts and many just plain arrogance.
Then i found this article titled : "Islam is and will be a European Religion"
Its a long read, but i was glad that i read that.
It was posted today.

here's the link : http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=105153

That's all!

Anyway by Martina McBride

You can spend your whole life building
Something from nothing
One storm can come and blow it all away
Build it anyway

You can chase a dream
That seems so out of reach
And you know it might not ever come your way
Dream it anyway

[chorus]
God is great, but sometimes life ain't good
When I pray it doesn't always turn out like I think it should
But I do it anyway
I do it anyway

This world's gone crazy and it's hard to believe
That tomorrow will be better than today
Believe it anyway

You can love someone with all your heart
For all the right reasons
An in a moment they can choose to walk away
love 'em anyway

You can pour your soul out singing
A song you believe in
That tomorrow they'll forget you ever sang
Sing it anyway, sing it anyway

I sing
I dream
I love
Anyway

Since the 1st time I heard this..i smiled.
And i still smile whenever i hear this.
The lyrics are written by Martina herself.
I never thought a word "anyway" can give so much impact.
The video is real as it gets,of our everyday struggles.
nothing i can say that will say enough of how much i adore this song.
I can only smile.

rainy days oh rainy days

i wish i can upload 'the smell of rain'..
the past 3 weeks, the rain just keeps on pouring every evening.
no,not complaining a bit.
i like rain.

like any other weather, rainy days specifically can gave me time to do things like
~ going down memory lanes by browsing ol' photos
~ playing with my nephew
~ cleaning up my room
~ opening my window and let the rain smell caught everything
~ read
~ think ideas
~ draw
~ enjoying a hot cup of tea / coffee ( this changes cause i can't drink coffee everyday!)
~ on the net

most of these happened cause rain also gave me these
~ no ASTRO = no TV
~ no need to wash the car
~ driving in a rainy evening when this is KL???!!!
~ it's too wet for outdoors
~ even shopping mall is a gr8 hang, still u need to drive there kn kn?

pointless as this is;
i come up wit something to write didn't i?
hehehehe....
not just that actually, i managed to wrote a new poem, exaggerate this blog, updated my Deviant Art..
but i think i better go and finished up my portfolio that is too long overdue!!!
hehehe..

p.s: Life is Good

I Could Get Used To This by EVERLIFE

I love this song very much.
I think its sweet.
Enjoy!

A dozen roses arrive
What a perfect surprise
You greet me with a kiss
I could get used to this

You think that I look the best
When my hair is a mess
I can't believe you exist
I could get used to this

Because you know you're too good to be true
I must have done something good to meet you

'Cause you wrote my name all across your hand
When I freak you understand
There is not a thing you miss
And I could get used to this

I'm feeling it comin' over me
With you it all comes naturally
I've lost the reflex to resist
And I could get used to this

You love the songs I write
You like the movies I like
There must be some kind of twist
I could get used to this

Because you listen to me when I'm depressed
It doesn't seem to make you like me less

'Cause you wrote my name all across your hand
When I freak you understand
There is not a thing you miss
And I could get used to this

I'm feeling it comin' over me
With you it all comes naturally
I've lost the reflex to resist
And I could get used to this

If there's a dark side to you I haven't seen it
Every good thing you do feels like you mean it

You wrote my name all across your hand
When I freak you understand
There is not a thing you miss
And I could get used to this

I'm feeling it comin' over me
With you it all comes naturally
I've lost the reflex to resist
And I could get used to this

'Cause you wrote my name all across your hand
When I freak you understand
There is not a thing you miss
And I could get used to this

I'm feeling it comin' over me
With you it all comes naturally
I've lost the reflex to resist
And I could get used to this.

Magic?

A Quote from David Blaine :

"Those who complain about missing a meal or being bored; you have never really suffered or witnessed your loved ones face death, smiling in your arms. I hope you are so lucky one day."

AXN Channel has been showing his reruns..I never paid attention really cause i have no interest on the world of a master of deception.

One rainy evening, (it has been raining every evening for the last 4 days), i watched his show for the first time. Of course, its an amazing show cause you know how could it not when the stunts are almost unrealistically insane.
Who would live 3 days Standing in an ice box without food?
He did.

Not that i totally think this is impossible..since we have many stories of people who survived after days lost in the ocean.

What bugs me is that, HE could actually float!!!!!
Explain that?
Very the giler..perhaps he learned some advanced human theory???
cheh!or he has invincible friends to help him?
or that our eyes perception is altered somehow?
hehehehe..

So i check his website for fun. Actually i wanted to know his background.
How he grow up n stuff.
There's a pictures of his mother, very beautiful!
Later I found the quotation above.
And it bug me since yesterday.

I do have some thoughts.
We never "bersyukur" with what we have cause we are so obsessed on our problems,imperfections or want list.
Yet,these things that made many of us keep on living.
Cause we have the opportunity to do so.
I dont live in an active war land.
I dont live on the streets.
I can buy any food i want.
hmm....For now....

I guess the quotation means to me that, if we do suffered whatever Allah gives us to bare..its because we are lucky enough to have them.
That we are woken from losing to our obsessions.
That we never learn enough even if we run a kingdom.

See it as a 'Friendly Reminder'???
maybe that will take off some pressure.

Still, David Blaine is a human too.
Nothing more.

Sleep On Needles by Sondre Lerche

Ask me anything you like
I'll reveal everything
I will treasure the truth
You could know anything
I am but a fool to play unaware of things
If I'd treasured the truth
I would tell it to you
I'm coming down to tell you what I know
To say what's real, to let you know
Where I have been and how I had to

Sleep on needles
You'll believe you are hard
Sleep on needles
And hear only the truth

Am I likely to succeed with the way things are?
Judging by your smile
You are holding something back
I'm sleepless around midnight
There's a change in the wind
The remembrance of things you used to hold back
I come around each time your notes are high
To tear you down and drag you up
To let you know what's going on while I

Sleep on needles
You'll believe you are hard
Sleep on needles
And hear only the truth

cute ain't he?
and he does look a bit like Markie from Take That!
fancy? check him ere : http://www/sondrelerche.com/

reveal less surprise more

i figure change is a fresh air for this blog.
can't say that i haven't have my share of thoughts in the web..but i can't say i have either..
*reveal less

doesn't mean i haven't talk my mind aloud before.what?
*surprise more

ok here's a thought;

Art is an emotion channel. What catches you and grab you in its claw, you are trapped in its projection. You can run away if you want. Doesn't matter, cause for the split second you look twice at it. It's alive for that time. Even it is lost forever from stream of trillions thoughts, nothing ever meant to last anyway. Hence art is life. It changes. And it has multiplicity.

So have different thoughts..cause it sure inspired mine.

Featured Songs from Smallville

I love TV shows featured songs especially the ones i'm hooked on for now.
I've been following TV tunes for some time now,and i can see why.
It made the emotional scenes piercingly achy and the whole mood of each episode unite.
Picking background music for a tv show now breed new genre that gives the audience another "kick in the stomach" of what the real taste of the story is.
For instance,you will never ever forget the Theme Song of CSI?
am i right or am i right?
But tht's for another day babble session.(Grey's Anatomy!)

Tonite i'm compiling a few of really good songs that i like to share.
Heck i have loads of favs frm various shows,but now here's to SMALLVILLE!
Just because i'm on edge following the Season 6, All Grown Up and Figure!
Lana Lang married Lex Luthor - knew it!

Back to tracks , have a go listening to these favs of mine :

Season 6

1. Heavenly day by Patty Griffin
lovely love song

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2. Ache by James Carrington
sad song, irresistible chorus line "have i told you i ache.."

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3. You could be happy by Snow Patrol
it's like Snow Patrol

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4. High and Low by Greg Laswell
expect 'Coldplay'

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Season 5

1. Angels or Devils by Dishwalla
pop rock band tune

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2. All Jacked Up by Gretchen Wilson
up tempo country y'all

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